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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

go back (intr, adverb)

to return
(often followed by to) to originate (in): the links with France go back to the Norman Conquest
(followed by on) to change one's mind about; repudiate (esp in the phrase go back on one's word)

'go back' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

ascend - back - dal segno - double back - go - persuade - ping-pong - re-trace - recede - recessive - redouble - regress - remit - renege - retrace - retract - retrocede - retrogress - revert - revest - square one - stick - trace - untread - weasel out - welsh

In Lists: Phrasal verbs with "go", more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "go back" in the title:

a vacation to go back your home country
All that she could do is <to?> go back home.
Although, in the summer, I will go back home.
and I had as good go back or better go back?
Are "return" and "go/come back" interchangeable in the following?
Aren't you going back vs don't you go back
As the clocks go back?
Back I go
backtrack on / go back on
can go back home when Boss go
come / go> back to Kyoto
come / go > back to the office
come back / go back
come back / go back > to school
Come back / go back [to Vietnam]
come back over/on // go back over/on
come back vs go back to the topic of the last lesson
Come back/go back
comma after question mark [quotation]: 'Will you go back?' asked the
Could go back / Could have gone back
Date back to vs Go back to
date back/go back
Did you go back to the US yet?
Do you think Honey will go back to working for Murray really?
Fey's maid and I go back a long way.
<get back> <come back> <return> <go back>
Get back to us. Go back to
get back to, go back to
get back v. go back [obtain]
Get back/go back to
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